Λυδός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Lydian *luwdja "Luwia" (the -d- is result of affrication of proto-Luwian *-j-), whose territory the Lydians came to live on after being driven away by the Phrygians. Cognate to Hittite [script needed] (Lu-ú-i-ya, “Luwia”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lyː.dós/ → /lyˈðos/ → /liˈðos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lyː.dós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lyˈdos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lyˈðos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lyˈðos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈðos/

Proper noun

Λῡδός • (Lūdós) m (genitive Λῡδοῦ); second declension

1. Lydus, legendary first king of Lydia

Noun

Λῡδός • (Lūdós) m (genitive Λῡδοῦ); second declension

1. an inhabitant of Lydia; a Lydian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Λῡδός; τοῦ Λῡδοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Λῡδός ho Lūdós	τὼ Λῡδώ tṑ Lūdṓ	οἱ Λῡδοί hoi Lūdoí
Genitive	τοῦ Λῡδοῦ toû Lūdoû	τοῖν Λῡδοῖν toîn Lūdoîn	τῶν Λῡδῶν tôn Lūdôn
Dative	τῷ Λῡδῷ tôi Lūdôi	τοῖν Λῡδοῖν toîn Lūdoîn	τοῖς Λῡδοῖς toîs Lūdoîs
Accusative	τὸν Λῡδόν tòn Lūdón	τὼ Λῡδώ tṑ Lūdṓ	τοὺς Λῡδούς toùs Lūdoús
Vocative	Λῡδέ Lūdé	Λῡδώ Lūdṓ	Λῡδοί Lūdoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Λῡδῐ́ᾱ (Lūdíā)
• Λῡ́δῐος (Lū́dios)

Descendants

• Greek: Λυδός (Lydós)
• Latin: Lȳdus

References

• “Λυδός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Λυδός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Λυδός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016